As extremist groups surrounded
his apartment in Aden, Yemen, Mohammed Al Samawi made a last-ditch
appeal for help from his Facebook network. Amazingly, over the
course of two weeks, four near-strangers devised a daring mission
to lead him to safety — an improbable journey that spanned six
technological platforms and ten time zones.

Al Samawi shares his moving
story in the new bookThe Fox Hunt, which was picked up last year for a film
adaptation byLa La
Landproducer Marc
Platt and the Oscar-winning screenwriter ofSpotlight, Josh Singer.

Al Samawi joined IVY for a live
conversation in NYC to tell the tale of his miraculous escape to
freedom from war, rebel fighters, and Al-Qaeda
extremists.

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